Janice - Robot Maid

Quillaja.net I really appreciate your comments. And I agree with you that the rate of technological, and sociological change at the Singularity will be unbelievably rapid. When matter goes digital and intelligence goes off the human scale you have a phase change in capabilities. Many people are going to be unprepared for the massive changes coming literally overnight. I did have to stretch it out a bit, 3 weeks, just so that I could fit it into a story that would make sense to pre-Singularity… (more)

Quillaja.net I really appreciate your comments. And I agree with you that the rate of technological, and sociological change at the Singularity will be unbelievably rapid. When matter goes digital and intelligence goes off the human scale you have a phase change in capabilities. Many people are going to be unprepared for the massive changes coming literally overnight. I did have to stretch it out a bit, 3 weeks, just so that I could fit it into a story that would make sense to pre-Singularity minds. If you wake up one morning, around 2020, and everything is different, the Singularity has happened.

Some parts of this novella (?) were very compelling an interesting. I particularly enjoyed the parts discussing how the non-Asenion (non-Asimovian) robots work, and how they affect humanity.

However, the MASSIVE social changes described in this story happen WAY too fast to be even remotely believable. Just casually reading, I had the sense that the story happened over about a 3 week period. I just can't believe that. Other than that, I also found the human characters mostly uninteresting.

Overall, a recommended short read.